117: Chapter 117 The Secret Beneath the Trench

Xia Feifei returned quickly, and then the two of them began to explore the seabed of Europa together.

"Su Fan, look quickly! This creature actually has two heads, one in front and one in back. How strange."

"Su Fan, look, look! There's a creature over there that looks like a crab. Should we catch it and give it a taste?"

"Su Fan, there's a massive tree over there. An underwater tree! It's sparkling and so beautiful."

"Su Fan, there's a trench ahead. Let's go check it out!"

Along the way, Xia Feifei chattered incessantly, her mouth going 'ba-ba-ba-ba' without stopping!

"I say, Xia Feifei, can we be a little quieter!" Su Fan's head was throbbing from listening.

"The mouth is on my body!" Xia Feifei said righteously.

"Fine, you're right!" Su Fan said helplessly.

Xia Feifei actually didn't speak much normally, but whenever she met him, it was as if a switch had been flipped; she would look for any excuse to talk to him.

Su Fan wasn't stupid; he could see Xia Feifei's admiration for him. However, as a married man, how could he have a change of heart!

"Come on, let's go take a look at that underwater tree. Such a large tree growing on the seabed... truly, the world is vast and full of wonders." Su Fan swam toward the distant tree.

Xia Feifei followed closely behind.

This was a "large tree" shimmering with pink light all over; it looked as if it were carved from transparent crystal, very beautiful.

The tree was about 1,000 meters tall with a trunk diameter of nearly 100 meters. It was lush with foliage, and every leaf had a bright spot emitting a pink glow.

The inside of the trunk was filled with flowing colors, as if wisps of light were circulating within it.

"This tree is truly beautiful!" Su Fan praised sincerely.

"It's practically a work of art!" Xia Feifei also said from the bottom of her heart.

"Look at these leaves; every single one has a glowing point... Holy crap!"

"Those are eyes!" Xia Feifei exclaimed.

Hearing this, Su Fan immediately observed closely and discovered that every glowing spot on every leaf of this tree was indeed an eye!

Instantly, his scalp tingled with numbness.

"Do you still think it's beautiful?" Su Fan said teasingly to Xia Feifei.

"Just imagining that all these glowing spots are densely packed eyes makes my hair stand on end." Xia Feifei's tone was full of disgust.

"How about I just chop this tree down!" Saying this, Xia Feifei moved to draw her greatsword.

"Don't!" Su Fan immediately stopped her. "Such a magical creature has scientific value. I feel like it isn't a tree at all, but some kind of animal."

"Fine! You're the high official, you have the final say." Xia Feifei stopped, took another look at the beautiful "large tree," then turned and swam toward the nearby trench.

Su Fan shook his head, noted the location, and followed Xia Feifei toward the trench.

This was a massive trench that felt like it could tear all of Europa apart. Its length and depth were unknown, but its width alone was tens of thousands of meters.

Su Fan and Xia Feifei stood at the edge of the trench, gazing into its dark depths.

"Feifei, do you jump first or do I?" Su Fan joked.

"You first, you're the high official! The high official jumps first!"

"Where's the logic in making the leader jump first? You go first."

"Heh, coward. Bye-bye!" Xia Feifei gave a disdainful smile and leaped into the trench.

"Just a joke, and I get looked down upon." Su Fan smiled and followed her down.

In the dark trench, the two of them descended rapidly in their mechas.

Europa isn't large, with a diameter of only 3,100 kilometers, slightly smaller than the Moon.

With a diameter of 3,100 kilometers, the radius is 1,550 kilometers. Subtracting the thickness of the surface ice and the ocean depth above the trench, there was still a significant depth remaining.

Most areas of the Blue Planet's Mariana Trench have water depths over 8,000 meters, with the deepest point, the Challenger Deep, reaching 11,034 meters.

By diving rapidly, Su Fan and his companion soon reached a depth of 10,000 meters, approaching the depth of the Mariana Trench.

However, the trench still hadn't reached its bottom!

"It won't go straight to the core, will it!" Xia Feifei complained as she adjusted her diving posture.

"I'm not sure, but probably not. We've barely started! The radius is 1,550 kilometers!"

Su Fan pried a piece of rock from the surrounding wall and tested it with the mecha's built-in scanner.

"The rock has a very high iron content, along with some copper and gold elements."

"There's quite a lot of gold!" Su Fan was surprised.

"I didn't expect this place to be a gold mine!"

"A gold mine!" Xia Feifei exclaimed, immediately following Su Fan's lead by prying off a large rock.

"It really is a gold mine! The content is high; it's a rich deposit!"

"We're rich!" Xia Feifei said excitedly.

"It is indeed a nice fortune. We can build an underwater mining base later; gold is a good material." Su Fan said with a smile.

He didn't care much about this gold mine, but Xia Country's development still needed these basic materials.

The two continued their descent. Under the illumination of the mecha searchlights, more and more golden specks appeared on the surrounding walls. Eventually, there were even massive Gold Nuggets embedded in the rock.

"Heavens! Oh my heavens!!" Xia Feifei kept exclaiming. "This Gold Nugget must be as big as a human head!"

"Look over there!" Su Fan pointed to a spot on the wall where a Gold Nugget the size of a full-grown adult was quietly embedded.

"It feels like I've arrived in heaven!"

Actually, in ancient times, Xia Feifei would have been considered a princess of a nation. No one in all of Xia Country had a family background comparable to hers, but even so, this much gold still dazzled her eyes!

"Why is there so much gold?" As they dove deeper, the gold on the surrounding walls became more abundant and larger.

After diving to 30,000 meters, Xia Feifei suddenly cried out, "Su Fan! Look quickly, there's a super, super, super big piece of gold here!"

The two were not far apart, and Su Fan noticed the gold immediately.

"This should be called a mountain of gold, shouldn't it!" Su Fan was dumbfounded.

On the rock wall, a massive piece of gold over a thousand meters long protruded, emitting a dazzling golden light under the searchlight!

"Feifei, something is wrong here. Be careful!" Su Fan checked the purity of the gold, and his expression immediately turned serious.

Because the purity of the entire piece of gold was as high as 99.99%!

This was the purity of four-nines gold; it was impossible for it to form naturally!

Xia Feifei wasn't stupid and nodded heavily.

The atmosphere instantly became solemn!

The two began to slow their descent, cautiously observing their surroundings.

After diving 50,000 meters, the rock walls had almost entirely turned into gold, and the purity reached 99.999%!

After diving 70,000 meters, the walls were completely made of gold. Su Fan and his companion were like travelers in an ocean of gold!

The gold's purity was even higher, reaching a terrifying six-nines gold!

Diving to 80,000 meters: seven-nines gold.

Diving to 90,000 meters: eight-nines gold.

Diving to 100,000 meters: nine-nines gold!

"Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!"

"What the hell is this!" After diving 100,000 meters, Su Fan finally saw the bottom of the trench.

But a creature at the bottom of the trench completely overturned his worldview!

"A dragon!"

"A dragon!!"

"A dragon!!!"

"How can there be a dragon!"

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